Synonyms for clergyman
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : klur-jee-muh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈklɜr dʒi mən |
Top 10 synonyms for clergyman Other synonyms for the word clergyman
- abbey
- archbishop
- bible thumper
- blackcoat
- cardinal
- cassock
- churchman
- clerk
- curate
- dean
- devil dodger
- divine
- ecclesiast
- ecclesiastic
- father
- harp polisher
- monsignor
- padre
- parson
- predicant
- primate
- pulpitarian
- pulpiteer
- rector
- reverend
- sermonizer
- shepherd
- sky pilot
- sky scout
- the rev
- turn-around collar
- vicar
Définition of clergyman
Origin :- 1570s, from clergy + man (n.).
- noun minister
- This feeling was intensified by the belief that Swift, as a clergyman, was insincere.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- The clergyman was coming along the path with Schwitter at his heels.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Her name was Dorothea Taust; her father, like most of his ancestors, was a clergyman.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- This gentleman was a clergyman, who had no regular parish, but who preached in a chapel of his own.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The clergyman looked round; one of the children was trembling.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Consider, the register itself is destroyed—the clergyman dead.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- He was not yet quite certain that Adams had any more of the clergyman in him than his cassock.
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
- The personage never opened his book, and never looked at the clergyman.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- The mechanic who works at the bench may possess it, as well as the clergyman or the peer.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- He was a regular communicant; he helped our clergyman splendidly.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Antonyms for clergyman
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